Richard Keys’ sister slams his ‘lying’ ex-wife for claiming she stood by cheating presenter during his heart op

Julia Keys has claimed she was by his bedside after 'insisting on an early operation which saved his life' - but Keys' sister says his ex-wife 'heartlessly swanned off' to Royal Ascot instead

By John Shammas

16th April 2018, 1:52 pm

Updated: 16th April 2018, 3:45 pm

RICHARD Keys' sister has accused his ex-wife of telling lies in an attempt to "publicise her ridiculous book".

Julia Keys, who was with the football presenter for 36 years before his affair with their daughter Jemma's best friend, has claimed that despite his infidelity she stood by him during a recent heart operation.

"He was telling me he wanted me back, that we could save our marriage. Yet he’d had dinner with Lucie just the night before the op."

However Keys' sister Susan has responded on Twitter.

She wrote: "So many lies by Julia Keys in her latest attempt to publicise her ridiculous book I hardly know where to start to put the record straight.

So many lies by Julia Keys in her latest attempt to publicise her ridiculous book I hardly know where to start to put the record straight I took Richard into hospital while she heartlessly swanned around at Royal Ascot I stayed with him throughout #lieslies

Julia has since claimed in her book that men are good at compartmentalising by rationalising an affair to themselves

Julia stuck by Richard Keys in the midst of a sexism storm in 2011. Keys and co-host Andy Grey were recorded off-air making lewd comments about a female colleague, he resigned soon after the footage was leaked.

Julia began to have suspicions about Richard's infidelity when his behaviour changed and he became protective and defensive over his phone privacy.

Julia, who has published a book on how to identify when your partner is cheating on you called MANscript, confirmed her suspicions when Richard fell asleep during a train journey and she replied to messages his mistress, Lucie Rose, had been sending to his phone.

She told the Mail On Sunday: "Suddenly a message came through from Lucie saying, 'Are you OK?'. I took the phone and pretended to be Richard, and wrote 'No. I’m not.'

Julia's advice to women is to talk about their suspicions, if they have any, and not to brush them under the carpet

"The response was, 'You sound so sad. I wish I was there to give you a big cuddle.' We went on messaging from there."

Julia claims that when she confronted her husband about the messages, he finally admitted that he had become "extremely close" to Lucie.

She claims Richards bullied her into making a statement in October 2016 that the affair had not taken place.

But in a U-Turn he has now admitted to the affair, and said: "If you really love your wife but are tempted to get a bit of excitement elsewhere you have to be prepared to lose the one you really love — it just isn’t worth it.”"